A canal scene in Cesenatico, Italy, featuring traditional wooden fishing boats (barche da pesca) with mannequins dressed as fishermen, moored along a historic waterfront lined with buildings and flags.

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Local Folklore in Italy

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A group of men in yellow shirts, red sashes, and white trousers are straining to carry a large wooden structure on their shoulders along a dirt path in a wooded area.

Gubbio, Umbria and Marche

Festa dei Ceri

Ancient May 15 race carrying 280kg wooden ceri

A narrow, sunlit pedestrian street in a historic European town, featuring stone-paved ground, outdoor café seating, and a prominent Superman statue on the right side.

Bari Vecchia (Old Town)

4,000-year-old walled quarter with narrow streets

The image shows the interior of a rustic, cave-like chapel or grotto featuring a stone altar with a yellow cloth, a painting of St. Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmata from an angel, and rough-hewn walls with faded frescoes.

Vico Equense, Campania and Amalfi Coast

Grotta di San Francesco

13th-century convent with panoramic views

A street scene in an Italian town showing a crowd gathered on a paved corner near buildings with signage including "CORSO DANTE," "SAN PAOLO," and "notivi," with people holding black flags and posters for an event.

Asti, Piedmont and Aosta Valley

Palio di Asti

13th-century bareback horse race in Piazza Alfieri

A close-up of a grey horse’s head adorned with elaborate blue satin ribbon flowers and a blue-and-white braided bridle, typical of ceremonial equestrian decoration.

Oristano, Sardinia

Oristano Carnival

Historic Sardinian carnival featuring the equestrian Sart...

The image shows a cluster of traditional white-washed stone houses with conical roofs made of grey slate, characteristic of trulli architecture, set along a paved street under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Alberobello, Apulia

Rione Aia Piccola

Historic trulli district on Alberobello's southeastern slope

A group of people are gathered in a museum gallery with wooden floors and walls, listening to a guide who is gesturing toward a display of traditional wooden and metal agricultural tools mounted on the wall.

Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol

Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina

Italy's largest ethnographic museum in a baroque church

€6.00; discounts for students and guided tours

A wide-angle daytime view of a large, paved public square in Catania, Italy, featuring the University of Catania building on the right with "UNIVERSITAS STUDII CATANIENSIS" inscribed above its entrance, flanked by other historic buildings and a ce

Catania, Sicily

Piazza Università

Baroque square with bronze lamp posts on Via Etnea

A stone church with a large rose window, statues along the facade, and a separate bell tower, set against a green hillside under a blue sky.

Madonna Di Campiglio, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol

Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

16th-century church with Simone Baschenis frescoes

The image shows the entrance to a grotto-style sanctuary with a large golden candelabra hanging above an arched metal gate, flanked by potted palm trees and votive candles, with signage reading "ENTRATA" visible on the gate.

Trapani, Sicily

Sanctuary of Santa Rosalia

17th-century sanctuary built into Monte Pellegrino

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